| Yes, my dear friends you haven't read it wrong. And | | | | going, accepting other human as human and accepting |
| neither my intentions are to put a false statement in | | | | each other positives and negatives together. That is |
| front of you all. | | | | what arrange marriage means and that's precisely the |
| If only being rich means making more money and | | | | reason why Indian Marriages are considered to be for |
| keeping more money, India is of course on a | | | | "seven births" and not seven days/months/years |
| downward curve of that graph. But the good thing is | | | | alone. |
| being RICH is that money is not the only criteria that | | | | Sharing without a motive of profit, that keeps us |
| describes being rich or being poor. It is about many | | | | together with all our neighbors, relatives and parents all |
| others things that people with cash filled pockets | | | | the year round. We sing, we dance we celebrate all |
| ignore so often that being rich is about so much more. | | | | festivals, seasons, and when a tragedy occurs we |
| It's about heritage, internal peace, satisfaction, harmony, | | | | even grief together. |
| love with each other and power of sharing. | | | | Many people around the world and mostly from the |
| Lets start by some questions for you to answer: | | | | developed nations have cultivated a learning level that |
| 1. Do you pay your neighbor to baby sit your kids? | | | | stops them to take notice that every society is |
| 2. Do you feel alone even if you are surrounded by | | | | differently Rich, some by money, some by resources, |
| people all over the place and no body bothering to ask | | | | some by intellectual skills, some in human resource, |
| you - what's your problem, may I help you? | | | | some by its heritage.. so there is NO one parameter to |
| 3. Does it happen that after being in love for years you | | | | label anyone as rich because she has more dollars in |
| get married to discover that NO - this is not perfect | | | | her pocket then the co-passenger. You cannot neglect |
| relationship? | | | | the fact that even Queen wears a Diamond in her |
| 4. How many times you get together with your | | | | crown that is from India. |
| neighbors / parents / relatives in a year? | | | | The fact remains that India is lacking in many areas, |
| To answer in modesty we Indians never ever think of | | | | and so to say many crucial area like infrastructure, |
| charging for keeping a close watch or baby-sit any kid. | | | | education, medicine but so did many nations though the |
| I guess if we could start doing that it could turn out to | | | | problems may differ, but the point is even the nations |
| be multi million dollar industry in just few weeks (thanks | | | | like US, Germany, England or Japan have their set of |
| to our ever increasing population) | | | | issues to handle. All of us as a society have some |
| Whenever you are sad and no matter where you are | | | | positives and negatives- but the thing is to open up and |
| in India - if it is showing on your face even the stranger | | | | discover what's others have to offer to you - and |
| (irrespective of his social or religious caste) would sit | | | | what YOU can offer back to them. |
| down and discuss your problem with you - You don't | | | | Come and discover India, it has beautiful people, places, |
| need counselors to just free your daily pent up | | | | foods, exotica and many hidden treasures for you to |
| emotions. You can do it with people who are full of | | | | discover, that will make you relish and enjoy life to it's |
| empathy and just not listing because it is their job to | | | | fullest. Travel India that is the only way to look at the |
| listen. | | | | real India. |
| We Indians don't wait too long to fall in love as love | | | | And when it comes to offering and Sharing - take my |
| can happen in a moment what matters is to keep it | | | | word for it - India is a rich country! Indeed. |